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Lawrence Wong

The Honourable
Lawrence Wong
MP
黄循财
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Lawrence Wong at the Singapore International Energy Week in 2010
Minister for National Development
Assumed office
1 October 2015
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Preceded by Khaw Boon Wan
Second Minister for Finance
Assumed office
22 August 2016
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Minister Heng Swee Keat
Preceded by Office created
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC
(Limbang)
Assumed office
11 September 2015
Minister for Culture, Community and Youth
In office
1 May 2014 – 30 September 2015
Acting: 1 November 2012 - 30 April 2014
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Preceded by Chan Chun Sing (as Acting Minister of Community Development, Youth and Sports)
Succeeded by Grace Fu Hai Yien
2nd Minister, Ministry of Communications and Information
In office
1 May 2014 – 30 September 2015
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Minister Yaacob Ibrahim
Preceded by Office created
Succeeded by Office abolished
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for West Coast GRC
(Boon Lay)
In office
7 May 2011 – 24 August 2015
Personal details
Born Lawrence Wong Shyun Tsai
(1972-12-18) 18 December 1972 (age 44)
Singapore
Nationality Singaporean
Political party People's Action Party
Alma mater University of Wisconsin–Madison
Harvard University
Religion Christianity

Lawrence Wong Shyun Tsai (simplified Chinese: 黄循财; traditional Chinese: 黃循財; pinyin: Huáng Xún Cái; born 18 December 1972) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was appointed the Minister for National Development after the 2015 General Election. On 22 August 2016, he was concurrently appointed as the Second Minister for Finance. He has previously held appointments in Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Communications and Information, and the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth. He has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 2011 representing West Coast Group Representation Constituency (2011-2015) and Marsiling-Yew Tee Group Representation Constituency (since 2015).

Wong began his career as a civil servant at the Ministry of Trade and Industry. He served as the Ministry's Assistant Director (Research and Planning) from 1997 to 1999, as a secretary to Ong Teng Cheong (who was Singapore's first elected President). He then moved to the Ministry of Finance, where he served as Assistant Director (Fiscal Policy) from 1999 to 2001, before becoming the Deputy Director (Budget) and Head of Economic Programmes. In 2004, he moved to the Ministry of Health as the Director of Healthcare Finance.


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